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Gemma Doyle
Labour MP for West Dunbartonshire
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gemma Doyle voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Justice, Scotland, Work and Pensions, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental NDPBs, State Visits: Vatican, Departmental Redundancy, Departmental Responsibilities, Defence Equipment: Theft
(based on written questions asked by Gemma Doyle and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (24 Apr 2012)
“West Dunbartonshire is the most difficult local authority area in the whole of the UK in which to find a job, yet the Scottish National party Government have refused us any help and refused to meet me. Have this Government also abandoned West Dunbartonshire or can we expect help to do one thing—to create jobs?”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Unemployment (24 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's most recent forecast of levels of unemployment in 2012.”
- Written Answers — Defence: Defence Equipment (19 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received of pieces of armed services equipment being available for purchase on the internet.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 34 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 72.92% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 45 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register